อุปการ(ù-bpà-gaan)

Meanings

1NounB2

help; favor; benefaction (formal)

assistance, benefaction, or supportive favor given to someone, in a formal or respectful register; often used in the phrase มีพระคุณ/พระกรุณาอุปการ

Examples

มหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiมหาวิทยาลัยmá-hăa-wít-tá-yaa-laiuniversityขอขอบพระคุณkŏr kòp prá-kunขอขอบพระคุณkŏr kòp prá-kun1I/we humbly and deeply thank you (very formal)2to express profound thanks (formal phrase)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)อุปการù-bpà-gaanอุปการù-bpà-gaan1help; favor; benefaction (formal)2[to] assist; to bestow favor (formal)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsศิษย์เก่าsìt gàoศิษย์เก่าsìt gào1alumnus/alumna; former student/graduate2alumni (collective); alumni bodyที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotบริจาคbò-rí-jàakบริจาคbò-rí-jàak[to] donate [sth]; give [sth] to charityทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săaทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săascholarship; study grant
The university gratefully acknowledges the benefaction of alumni who donated scholarships.
2VerbC1

[to] assist; to bestow favor (formal)

to give help or confer favor or patronage, in a formal or respectful register (commonly seen as อุปการะอุปการะùp-bpà-gaa-rá1[to] support; [to] look after2support; patronage in modern use)

Examples

ท่านtâanท่านtâan1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)อาจารย์aa-jaanอาจารย์aa-jaan1teacher; instructor; professor (esp. tertiary)2honorific/title for a teacher3master (spiritual/martial/arts)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedอุปการù-bpà-gaanอุปการù-bpà-gaan1help; favor; benefaction (formal)2[to] assist; to bestow favor (formal)นักศึกษาnák sèuk-săaนักศึกษาnák sèuk-săauniversity/college studentต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàtต่างจังหวัดdtàang jang-wàt1provincial; out-of-town2upcountry; outside the capitalด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săaทุนการศึกษาtun gaan sèuk-săascholarship; study grant
The professor has supported out-of-province students with scholarships.

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